Garment stripping mechanism



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I. PRIMUS GARMENT STRIPPING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 3, 1946 5 sheet-sneet sv I[N VENTOR .frvmg Przmus BY ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 23, 1947 GARMENTSTRIPPIN G MECHANISM Irving Prim-us, Forest Hills, N. Y., assignor toIsidor Gerber, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application January 3, 1946, Serial No. 638,827 7 Claims. (01. 223-78)This invention relates to mechanism for stripping garments such asgloves or the like from a form on which the garment has been previouslymounted, and for forwarding and pressing the garment.

In my copending application for patent for Garment stretching andpressing machine, filed on even date herewith, Serial No. 638,073, Ihave disclosed a machine for stretching the garment by clamping one endpart thereof to a corresponding end of a heating form, then by means ofan extensible member moving the other end part of the garment outwardlyto accomplish the stretching, and after a given interval, retracting themember to permit part of the stretched garment to project freely beyondthe form and thereby to strip the garment partially from the form.

The present invention contemplates the pro vision of simple means forinsuring proper stripping of the garment, which is hereinafter referredto as a glove, from the form, said means comprising one or moreyieldable plates carried against a face of the glove and moved along theform, thereby moving the glove off the form a sufficient distance tocarry the freed end part of the glove into engagement with a pair offorwarding and pressing rolls having a belt interposed therebetween.

The invention further contemplates the provision of stripping means,self adjusting to variations in the thickness, size and position of theglove, and to the shape of the form whereby a limited area beyond thefree finger tips on one side of the glove is engaged by a rotaryyieldable member and the glove is moved by said member off th form acomparatively short distance but enough to carry it into the bight of apair of pressing and forwarding rolls.

The various objects of the invention will be clear from the descriptionwhich follows and from the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a sideelevational view of the stripping means, showing the glove form and theglove to be stripped therefrom in dash-dot lines.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a similar view, partly in section, of the main roll carryingthe stripping plates.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same showing a modified form of theinvention wherein a single stripper plate is employed.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary cross sectional View of the stripping meansshowing the glove being stripped from its form.

In the practical embodiment of the invention shown by way of example,the glove ID has been brought by the form II on which it is mounted to astripping position between the rolls I2 and I3 by suitable mechanismsuch as that shown in my said copending application or in Patent No.2,286,059. In said position, the finger tips M or" the glove have beenfreed of the form, and the stripping operation has therefore beeninitiated. It then becomes necessary to complete the stripping, While ifdesired, additionally pressing the glove and advancing the pressed gloveout of the machine.

The main roll I2 is continuously rotated by the bevel gear [5 (Figs. 1and 2) on the drive shaft i6 driven from any suitable rotating part ofthe machine of which the stripping mechanism forms a part. Said gear l5meshes with the bevel gear I "I on the main roll shaft l8, which shaftalso carries the gear l9 meshing with the gear 2i) on the shaft 2| ofthe auxiliary roll it. The various gears are suitably proportioned todrive the rolls [2 and i3 continuously and at the same periph eralspeeds. Suitable spaced frames as 22, 23 are provided to support theshaft It as well as to pivot the brackets 24 in which the shaft 2! isrevolubly mounted. The spring 25' (Fig. 1) at one end of the bracketserves to urge the roll it toward its cooperating roll l2. Alsosupported by the brackets 24 is the shaft for the belt pulley The glovepressing and forwarding belt 21 passes around the pulley 25 as well asaround the idler pulley 26 supported by the frames 22 and E3, the beltbeing interposed between the rolls 1? and i3 and engaging the lower partof the roll it and the upper part of theroll [3.

With the arrangement of the rolls l2 and i3 and the belt 27 abovedescribed, it will be seen that when the glove is moved a comp at yshort distance downwardly off its form it, the free tips of the gloveare inserted between the belt and the roll l2 (Fig. 5) and grippedtherebetween. Rotation of the rolls l2 and i3 toward each other thenserves to complete the stripping of the thus gripped glove, presses theglove between the rolls and then between the roll l2 and the belt 21 andalso advances the glove, which finally drops off the belt at a pointbeyond the roll l2.

'Variations in the thicknesses of the gloves fed between the rolls arecompensated for by the automatic yielding adjustment of the brackets 24,which move in a counterclockwisedirection as viewed in Fig. 1 under theinfluence of a thicker glove, and move clockwise to a sufficient extentto cause a thinner glove to be adequately gripped and stripped off theform,

For the purpose of feeding the glove to the rolls and belt, one or morestripper plates are provided. In the form of the invention shown inFigs. 2 and 3, the main roll I2 comprises end discs as 28, 29 carryingthe cylindrical backing member 39 preferably of metal or other suitablerigid material, and the cylindrical outer member 3! which may be made ofrubber, or textile material such as cloth, canvas, felt or the likeyieldable or compressible material capable of providing a satisfactoryglove gripping surface.

The members 30 and 3| are slotted to permit the stripping plates 32, 33,34 and 35 to project normally from the interior of the roll outwardlythrough the slot 36 of the roll. To insure that the plates all actsimultaneously to move the glove fingers ofi the form the same distance,thereby avoiding creasing or wrinkling of the glove, each of the platesis made of the proper length to press against only one of the fingers ofthe form. 'That is, the longest plate 35 coacts with the shortest formfinger 31, 'the'shorter plate 54 coacts with the longer finger 38, theshortest plate 33 with the longest finger 39 and the plate 32 with thefinger Ml. Each of the plates terminates in an enlarged portion '41loosely mounted on a rod as 12 arranged within the roll l2 and supportedas by the brackets 43 (Fig. suitably secured to the inner face of thebacking member 30.

To urge the plates to rotatein counter-clockwise direction as viewed inFig. 5, ;a tension spring as 44 is secured at one end to the extension45 of the enlargement 4| and at its other end to a part of the backingmember 30 beyond the slot 36. Said slot is of such width as to permitthe outer end 46 of each plate to be retracted within the roll as theplate passes the glove form-and engages the stripped glove on the belt21, the slot also permitting the plate to be fully extended intospring-pressed contact with the glove while the glove is on the form.

It will now be understood thatduring about half of the revolution of theslot 36 of the main roll, the stripping plates are positioned with theends 45 thereof projecting out of the slot 36, under the influence ofthe springs M. As the plates approach the form and come into contactwith the glove thereon, the plates begin to recede into the slot againstthe action of the springs. On further rotation of the roll 12, theplates are drawn bodily along the form, carrying with them the glovefingers, the plates being suiiiciently roughened or knurled on theirouter faces to prevent slippage between them and the glove. Only aslight movement 'of the glove is needed to carry the finger tips thereofinto the bight of the belt and the roll 2, whereafter the rolls and thebelt complete the stripping action at the same time that the platesrecede completely within the slot 3%,said plates remaining in contactwith the fingers of the glove and pressing the glove against the belt asthe rotation of the rolls continues. As the roll rotates the plates passthe last point of contact between the main roll and the belt, thesprings become operative again to project the end portions of *the:plates out of the slot in the roll, ready to repeat the strippingoperation.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, a single plate 50 replacesthe four individual plates. Preferably, the outermost edge 5i of saidplate is inclined to arrange the widest part 52 thereof at the shortestform finger 3'5 so that all of the form fingers may be engaged at aboutthe same distance from the respective tips thereof, thereby to avoidpossibility of resistance to the stripping action and consequentwrinkling or creasing of the glove. The slot 53 in the main roll !2 issimilarly inclined, but since only one of the plates is employed in thisform of the invention, only two springs 54 take the place of theindividual springs 44 for projecting and retracting the plate. I

It will be seen that I have provided simple and efficient self adjustingstripping means to strip the glove or other garment partially from the"form by a sort of wiping stroke and that the stripping is positivelyand effectively completed by the same means which serves to press thegiove and to advance it out of the machine.

In order that the mechanism may strip a right hand glove as well as aleft hand one or other garment having a laterally protruding part suchas a thumb, the guard cover 55 (Fig. l) for the roll it is suitablysecured at one of its edges to the brackets 24 as at 56, the other edge51 of the guard cover being suitably shaped to engage the tip of thethumb and to guide it against the form so that the thumb tip enters thebight of the rolls flat and undistorted. In the case of a left handglove, the larger diameter of the roll 52 insures the proper flatteningof the thumb against the form, since owing to the acuteness of the anglemade by the surface of the roll l2 with the face of the form, the loosethumb tip must move in the same direction as the surface of the roll andcannot move in the opposite direction to become creased or distorted.

While certain specific forms of the invention have been shown anddescribed, various changes may obviously be made within the spirit ofthe invention defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In mechanism "for stripping a garment from a form, a pair ofstripping rolls, a belt passing between and around part of each of saidrolls and movable therewith, one of the rolls having a slot therein, aplate pivotally mounted at one end within said one roll, and a springwithin said one roll urging the other end of the plate out of the slotand into engagement with the garment on a form positioned between saidrolls, said plate initiating the stripping of the garment on rotation ofthe rolls and while said plate engages the garment, and said rolls andbelt completing the stripping operation.

2. In mechanism for stripping a garment from a form, a pair of revolublecoacting rolls, a single belt interposed between the rolls and movabletherewith as a unit, one of the rolls being the main roll and having aslot therein, and a springpulled stripping plate pivotally mountedwithin the main roll and maintained within the slot thereof by the beltduring part of a revolution of the rolls and having part "thereof urgedout of the slot during the remainder of the revolution.

3. In mechanism for stripping a garment from a form, a main hollowrevoluble roll, an auxiliary roll 'coacting with the main roll and oflesser diameter than that of the main roll, said rolls being adapted 'toreceive a form therebetween, a relatively fixed guard for the auxiliaryroll, a guide member on the guard to direct a protruding part of thegarment on the form into the 1 bight of the rolls, a belt interposedbetween the rolls and movable therewith, and a spring-pulled membercarried by the main-roll in position to engage the end part of the "formduring part of the revolution of the main roll and yieldable toward theaxis of said main roll under pressure thereon.

4. In mechanism for stripping a garment from a form, a spring-pulledstripping plate, means for rotating said plate about an axis remote fromthe plate to carry the plate against a form and to slide the plate alongthe form thereby to initiate the stripping of a garment from the form,said means comprising a hollow revoluble slotted roll and a pivot forthe plate within the roll, and means for completing the stripping of thegarment, said roll also constituting part of the means for completingthe stripping of the garment.

5. In mechanism for stripping a garment from a form, a main revolubleroll, an auxiliary roll coacting with the main roll, an endless beltinterposed between the rolls and in contact therewith, a yieldablemember carried by the main roll, a spring carried by the main roll andurging said member toward a form, and a pair of belt pulleys arranged tobend the belt about predetermined parts of said rolls and in position tomove the member toward the main r011 after the member has passed theform.

IRVING PRIMUS.

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